New Feature! Swan's Picks (+ A Few More)

Welcome to a new weekly blog feature on SLoG – a round-up of interesting, important and sometimes absurd stories in state and local government law news! We are delighted that Sarah Swan has offered to curate this feature, and will tag on a few that catch our eye here at the SLoG each week.

The mountain lions will not save the NIMBYs in Woodside, California

A Houston suburb votes on whether to become a “sanctuary city for the unborn:”

The latest on Buckhead’s efforts to de-annex from Atlanta, Georgia

California recall election cost $200 million, officials say - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

Is it time for a local, place-based policy approach to national economic growth?

Alabama lawmakers may require cities to disclose money from police fines - al.com

Rightwing lobbying group ALEC driving laws to blacklist companies that boycott the oil industry